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Lurks Often

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39. It seems likely that in a fully automated society,

Reply to librechik (Reply #36)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:15 PM

Jan 2013

we would have reached the point that there will be sufficient resources to take care of everybody

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Are we in a transitional period when it comes to jobs and technology? [View all] Lurks Often Jan 2013 OP

Our entire technological infrastructure is supported by a global network of human slavery NoOneMan Jan 2013 #1

+10000 YoungDemCA Jan 2013 #22

When do we transition to sharing the profits? leftstreet Jan 2013 #2

Do what you can to invest in these corporations. dkf Jan 2013 #7

No. Just nationalize them leftstreet Jan 2013 #8

I'm not a communist or socialist if that is what you are asking. dkf Jan 2013 #9

There's a difference between owning a car or owning a factory leftstreet Jan 2013 #14

I believe that anything can be built can be owned. dkf Jan 2013 #16

People have "factories" in their basements. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #17

Those who live to work will work those that don't won't Fumesucker Jan 2013 #10

Well that minority will be even more of a minority. dkf Jan 2013 #12

If you want to know something these days more and more the education is at your fingertips Fumesucker Jan 2013 #15

Maybe it is a bipolar condition combined with genius. dkf Jan 2013 #18

For the most part, creative people aren't primarily motivated by profit. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #26

actually, most people are motivated that way until the system beats it out of them. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #33

Because we have not yet crossed that point when Lurks Often Jan 2013 #34

I think we all agree, snot Jan 2013 #3

EROEI tama Jan 2013 #4

we're in a transition between relative surplus of cheap energy and scarcity datasuspect Jan 2013 #5

Solar is the future...at least here. dkf Jan 2013 #13

Famine is the future NoOneMan Jan 2013 #19

I absolutely agree. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #28

Scary. And you can't prepare enough for that. dkf Jan 2013 #38

yes. more people, less labor in the future. it's a reality few in politics are willing to address. KG Jan 2013 #6

A non-military starship would indeed have a smaller crew, Lurks Often Jan 2013 #35

Definitely. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #11

One thing not yet overcome: greed as a core (external) value. BadgerKid Jan 2013 #20

Or the limits to growth NoOneMan Jan 2013 #23

As the various nations develop fully customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #31

We've been in such a period for nearly three hundred years. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #21

I see the Peak Oil Doomers have arrived. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #24

Running out of dirty energy is a hopeful best case scenario NoOneMan Jan 2013 #27

We need to look at alternatives to the top-down, vertically integrated corporations we have now! LongTomH Jan 2013 #25

We are certainly in a transitional period in regards to technology... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #29

That's a pretty thoughtful insight customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #32

We are inside the fall of industrial civilization. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #30

a fully automated society can't work without a strong social safety net librechik Jan 2013 #36

It seems likely that in a fully automated society, Lurks Often Jan 2013 #39

No. We're transitioning into cooking our family pets on the grill to stay alive. RagAss Jan 2013 #37